k Los Andes Citv College Theatre Academv presents

- v-m dOOK, MUSIC, LYRICS BY ROB BOWERS

May 9,10,11,14,15,16,1980 Production Number 605 in the Fifty-first Season

Set Design by Bernardo Muiioz / Light Design by R. T. Acosta Costume Design by Jo Jones Roff / Choreography by Bonnie Lewis, Assisted by Michelle McElrath

ENTIRE PRODUCTION DIRECTED BY ROB BOWERS

THE COMPANY The Humans:

THUMBLINE. an orohan from the riverboat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Laurie Birmingham GOV, formerly "shrimp Creole" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

- David Mayhan

The Animals and Bugs: ~ SWALLOW, Gov's brother . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alden Millikan

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MISS DAHLIA, dressmaker, suitmaker, waterbug Kathy Fitzgerald LAFITTE, a gambling silverfish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Luis A. Sierra LEON FROG, Toad-at-large . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mark Myers SONNY, Leon's illiterate son. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Joseph P. Haley REVONDA JUNE, a can-can frog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ann Breshears MOTHER ROACH, a widow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tina Witek

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GRAMMA, her mother-in-law Nanci Feldman

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . THE CHILDROACHES:

ELMA, the daughter Michelle McElrath ROACHY, younger son . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richard Alan Gross COCKY. older son. the footloose one . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mitchell Untch

THE FISH OF THE RIVER TAXI: BULL, a bullhead . . . . . . . . . LADY, Bull's wife, a sunfish . . CAT, an albino catfish . . . . . . FINS, a rainbow trout . . . . . .

MILDRED MOUSE, a rat with a boar REBUS, a poet and a mole . . . . . . .

. . . Shawn Williams

. . . Katja Rivera

. .Lawrence Punch Jonathan Southard . . Rosa Lee Denson Loring Leslie Leeds

The characters in this musical are fictitious. Any resemblance between them and persons real or from the ima6nation of Hans Anderson is coincidental. Almost. THE SETTING: Backstage at Varmiti's Circus Sideshow; also the Boat Landing, Pathway, Glen, Lily Pad Pond, Garbage Dump, and Water along the banks of the Southern Mississippi.

ACTONE: A night in July, 1910.. .All through the dark hours into the day until the following evening. ACTTWO: A week later.. .Morning, afternoon, into the night, and on to the next day.

There will be one intermission.

PRODUCTION STAFF Production Supervlsof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Donna Toilefaon Technical Supervision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rindill Edwards Producing Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J. R. McCloskey Production Coordinator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Larry w i n ScowShop&magar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jimkthews Scene Shop Forcman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .David MÈcMurtr Costume ShopManager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,An& Huffman Costume Shop Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Susan Lilly Box Office Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . James Hatton Department Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .jot Dowd Management Assistants. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Anna M u Turnidlo

Eric Thanas GraphicDesign ........................................... : . . . . DcbUeHumpert

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STUDENT PRODUCTION STAFF Assistant Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lawreice fund Make-up Design. . .......................................... Alizon Cynthia ($mar

David Spragiti Stage Manager. .................................................. .A. Wiuingei Assistant Stage Manap. ....................................... Lori Wit Lemh ~arp in ten. .............................................. ~ifcirdoDamtl ~ort1110

DwH ptntecost Stage Hands. ...................................................... Mirk Ford

SiimeGIU-cia Stan &ohnson

Jeff Goldsmith Curtain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .w Mllisa Flyman ..................................................... JeremyWickman

.......................................... Master Electrician Richard Daniel Portillo ................................................ Pre-set Operator .Nancy fbpineau

FtsOrEtecfrlcian .................................................... itiutson Fallow-spot Operators ........................................ David Rel Pentecost I

David k r i t Libow Gustavo kndoza

Tricia Wilson ........................................... Property Master Christopher Woodward

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Property Assistants Karen Edwards-Stegelmann Bruce Schortell

................................................. SoundOperator StephenZinn .............................................. Wardrobe Mistress Parthena LeCroix

.................................. Wardrobe Master. . . . . . . . . JosephDrago ...... Wardrobe Assistants. .Frank Andrus . ................................

Linda Elliot Tamara L. Ellison

Don Schlossman Torrey Hanm

Special Thanks to Robert Szuch, Joseph "Snurkfes"

Hdey and Richard "Vaa-miti"Grost

MUSICAL NUMBERS ACTONE

Great Big World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dahlia, Lafltte, Leon Softvoices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thumbline Everybody's Wild . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Leon, Thumbline HomeAgain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gov,Swallow Songs on the Path:

Sorry You Aren't One, Too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Roaches Baby! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revonda June Hey! How-Dee-Doo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lafltte, Company

I've Come Home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thumbline This I s the Day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gov, Swallow, Dahlia Hallelujah! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Cocky Strut. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ;. . . . . . . . . Cocky,Thumbline Side-Show Rag. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thumbline, Freaks The River Taxi . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bull, Cat, Lady When Ya Gotta Grow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bull, Cat, Lady, Thumbline

ACT TWO Soft Voices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thumbline Hallelujah! (reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thumbline, Bull, Cat, Fins What I Know . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mildred,Thumbline Whatever You Want. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Dahlia, Gov, Swallow Eternally Soup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mildred, Thumbline, Rebus Swallow's Dream. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swallow, Gov, Dahlia What I Know (reprise) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mildred, Thumbllne, Rebus Just FineTo Me . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Thumbline,,Gov Finale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Thecompany

The SIDE-SHOW RAG Bind Musical Direction and Keyboards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rob Bowers Bas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . BruceAnderbcrg Drums and Percussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Robert Szuth